Lesson 3

Prose and Poetry

Learning Competencies
Compare and contrast similar information
presented in different texts (EN9RC-IIa-3.2.7);

Analyze literature as a means of valuing

other people and their various circumstances in
life (EN9LT-IIA-15).
Objectives:

 differentiate prose and poetry;

 identify the different kinds of prose; and
 identify the different kinds of poetry.
How does prose and poetry
help in appreciating
literature?
Quick Write!
Write a one stanza poem with four lines about any
topic. And answer the following questions:
a. Do you agree with your seatmate's interpretation
of your poem? Why or why not?
b. How did you analyze your seatmate’s poem?
c. Is your analysis correct?
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4. not doing what other people
want you do
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5. - to show regret or to feel
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4. not doing what other people
want you do
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3.
5. - to show regret or to feel
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2. E N O R M I T Y
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Across
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1.
R E F R A C T 4.
O R Y 2. the state of great evilness
3. weakly, sickly
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4. not doing what other people
want you do
W A N L
3.
Y 5. - to show regret or to feel
sorry for your wrongdoing
2. E N O R M I T Y
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O R Y 2. the state of great evilness
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W A N L
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5.
R 1. stubborn; hard-headed
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R E F R A C T 4.
O R Y 2. the state of great evilness
P B 3. weakly, sickly
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N U 4. not doing what other people
T R want you do
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2. E N O R M I T Y
Vocabulary Words
Refractory- (adjective) stubborn; hard-headed
The refractory child chooses to stay in his room instead of
apologizing for his misbehavior.

Enormity- (noun) the state of great evilness

The enormity that this administration commits every day is beyond
my imagination.
wanly - (adverb) weakly, sickly
The exhausted player smiled wanly to his parents.

Obdurate- (adjective) not doing what other people want you do

Some old people think the students are obdurate for not supporting
the descendants of a dictator.

Repent- (verb) - to show regret or to feel sorry for your

wrongdoing
The young man repents and apologizes for his actions toward his
mother.
PROSE AND POETRY
PROSE
PROSE
● has a closer semblance to everyday speech
● has two types: prose fiction and prose
nonfiction
PROSE FICTION
● a literary work created based on imaginary
people and events
● examples are novels, short stories, and
dramas are fictional stories.
EXAMPLE
PROSE NON-FICTION
● literary work created based on factual
people and events
● includes essays, speeches, news articles,
editorials, personal narratives or
anecdotes, journals and biographies, etc
● can also have creative features
EXAMPLE
POETRY
POETRY
● appears in lines and stanzas while prose
comes in sentences or paragraphs
● classifications: narrative, lyric, and
dramatic poems
NARRATIVE POEMS
● tell stories in verse form such as epics and
ballads.
● epic is a long narrative poem that deals with
a serious subject, heroic protagonist, and
appears in an elevated style of writing
● ballad is a short narrative poem about
common people.
EXAMPLE
LYRIC POEMS
● performed with a musical instrument called a
lyre
● usually, the subject of a lyric poem is about the
poet’s feelings such as in a sonnet, ode, elegy,
and folksongs
EXAMPLE
DRAMATIC POEMS
● performed on stage
● examples: Greek dramas and Shakespearean
tragedies and comedies, dialogues
EXAMPLE
 CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology
From Anne of Green Gables by Lucy
Maud Montgomery
Guide Questions:
1. What is the conflict in this chapter?
2. How was the conflict solved? Cite details to support your
answer.
3. How would you describe Marilla throughout the chapter?
4. How is Matthew different from his sister Marilla?
5. What characteristics of Anne is shown in the chapter?
6. What kind of prose is the chapter? What characteristics of
prose is shown?
EVALUATION
Read the poems and answer the questions on the next
slide. You will be graded according to the rubric on the slide
after the guide questions.

Poem
by Emily Dickinson
 Poem
by Emily Dickinson
VI. If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one
life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help
one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I
shall not live in vain.
 Poem
by Emily Dickinson
IX. The heart asks pleasure first, And
then, excuse from pain; And then, those
little anodynes That deaden suffering;

And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it

should be The will of its Inquisitor, The
liberty to die.
 XIX. THE MYSTERY OF PAIN
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot
recollect When it began, or if there were
A day when it was not.

It has no future but itself, Its infinite

realms contain Its past, enlightened to
perceive New periods of pain.
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. Who are the personas in each poem?
2. Who are the addressees in each poem?
3. What is/are the figurative language(s) used in
the poems?
4. What is the common theme among the poems?
5. Do you agree with the messages contained in
the poems? Why or why not?
 RUBRIC
CRITERIA SCORE
CONTENT The question was answered correctly;
textual evidence(s) was/were
provided. (10 pts.)
ORGANIZATION Logical progression of details/events; clear
transitions between
ideas. (5 pts.)
LANGUAGE Spelling, mechanics, grammar, and word
choice (5 pts.)
SCORE /20
VALUES INTEGRATION

How can appreciation of literature

help us in our daily lives?
ACTIVITY NO.
Write a poem about a topic of your own
choice. Then, write a short explanation on
the meaning of your poem and your
inspiration to write it. After that, answer
this question in to 3-5 sentences.
• How did writing your own poem go this
time?